Biden touts price cuts for Medicare drugs in first appearance with VP Harris since dropping out

The 11th Hour with Stephanie Ruhle

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🗓️ 16 August 2024

⏱️ 42 minutes

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President Biden joined Vice President Harris in Maryland for their first event since dropping out. The event was a victory lap after the Inflation Reduction Act gave Medicare the power to negotiate lower drug prices. Plus: Trump tries to push back his NY hush money sentencing. And, student journalism exposes former University of Florida President Ben Sasse's eye-popping spending. Peter Baker, Yamiche Alcindor, Mike Memoli, Joyce Vance, Conor Lamb, Carlos Curbelo, and Aidan Bush join The 11th Hour this Thursday.

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0:00.0	Tonight the candidates talk economics vice president Harris touts cheaper
0:05.0	prescription drugs under president Biden while Donald Trump offers
0:08.6	another unhinged speech on inflation then Trump tries again to delay sentencing in his
0:14.6	New York election interference trial. And the battle for Congress, why new numbers
0:19.1	have Democrats optimistic about the House and the Senate come November as the 11th hour gets underway on this Thursday night.
0:29.2	Good evening once again. I'm Stephanie Rule and we are now 82 days away from the election.
0:34.8	And today President Biden made his first joint appearance at an event with Vice President
0:39.3	Harris since he dropped out of the race and endorsed her. They were in Maryland to talk about a major policy win of the Biden presidency,
0:46.7	lower prices for Medicare drugs.
0:48.9	President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act officially two years ago. If you recall, that bill gave Medicare. the Medicare enrollees will save one and a half billion dollars just the first year
1:05.9	under these new prices. The law also capped the monthly price of insulin at just 35 bucks.
1:11.8	Meanwhile Donald Trump is bringing back some of his old friends
1:15.1	to shake up his campaign. Corey Lewandowski, Trump's 2016 campaign manager and
1:20.3	Taylor Budavich. Trump's 2020 campaign spokesperson, well they're coming
1:25.2	back too. As the polling trends continue to go and Vice President Kamala Harris's
1:29.9	way, Donald Trump held a lengthy, key called press conference at Bedminster today, the second
1:36.6	one he has had in two week.
1:38.8	My colleague Garrett Haig has more on both of today's big events.
1:42.0	Watch this.
1:43.0	Tonight Vice President Harris holding her first joint event with President Biden
1:47.5	since he dropped out of the race and endorsed her.
1:50.0	She's going to make one hell of a president.
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